Barbara Vitello
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Inventive storytelling propels Northlight Theatre's premiere of 'Mr. Dickens' Hat'Dec 08, 2021 2:00 pm - “Mr. Dickens' Hat” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Mr. Dickens' Hat,” an engaging play-with-music inspired by Charles Dickens in its world premiere at Northlight Theatre, is a tribute to the...
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Schaumburg woman accused of breaking baby's legsDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - A Schaumburg woman was ordered held on $30,000 bail Wednesday on charges she abused a 2-month-old child between Nov. 5, 2020, and Dec. 15, 2020, fracturing both of the b...
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How We Got The Story: Covering theater in pandemic has changed, but rewards remainDec 04, 2021 12:00 am - There was a time when the most pressing challenge a theater critic faced was punctuality: arriving at the venue by curtain time and filing the review on deadline. The C...
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Hundreds of Santas return to downtown Arlington Heights streets for Rotary Club's 5KDec 04, 2021 12:00 am - Moments after the start of Saturday's "Reindeer Run," the child-centric prologue to the Rotary Club of Arlington Heights' 14th annual 5K Santa Run, a young girl lost her...
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Fox Lake woman charged with stabbing former boyfriendDec 04, 2021 12:00 am - A 29-year-old Fox Lake woman is being held on $750,000 bail Saturday after police said she stabbed her former boyfriend late Friday afternoon. Kylie Fecht is charged wit...
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Drury Lane's taptastic 'Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn' serves up seasonal cheerDec 03, 2021 12:00 pm - “Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn” - ★ ★ ★ Like the 1942 film that inspired it, “Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn,” which premiered on Broadway five years ago, is a quaint, jukebo...
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Spotlight on theater: Steel Beam, Raue Center serve up family-friendly holiday fareDec 03, 2021 5:00 am - Holiday pantomime Raue Center for the Arts partners with its school of the arts to produce "A Christmas Carol: A Holiday Pantomime," adapted from Charles Dickens' tale. ...
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Frank, personal 'Stove Toucher' at Buffalo Theatre examines skater kid's past from middle-age perspectiveDec 02, 2021 10:00 am - “Stove Toucher” - ★ ★ ★ If candor makes you uncomfortable, “Stove Toucher,” the new autobiographical play by Kurt Naebig may be too frank for you. A combination coming-...
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Semitrailer truck drags passenger vehicle wedged beneath chassis on northbound I-294Dec 01, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois State Police reported an accident involving a passenger vehicle and a semitrailer truck Tuesday on northbound I-294 during which the truck dragged the car, ...
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Attention Frida fans: New immersive digital exhibit showcasing Kahlo coming to ChicagoNov 30, 2021 10:00 pm - Art lovers eager for more Frida Kahlo, you're in luck. The 20th-century Mexican painter, whose recent three-month retrospective at the College of DuPage's Cleve Carney ...